In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a resistive voltage divider and observe how Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law (KVL) function in real circuits using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
Determine if the light bulb will de-energize for each of the following…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, construct a three-stage common-emitter amplifier using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and learn about multi-stage gain and feedback.
Solve this equation for the value of x: x + 5 = 8 How many exact…
Shown here is the schematic symbol for a resistor: What is the purpose…
A modern alternative to sending (binary) digital information via…
Real operational amplifiers have some imperfections compared to an…
Add the following binary numbers:
Since Thevenin’s theorem and Norton’s theorems are two…
The Voltage Gain Because amplifiers have the ability to increase the…
The concept of a mathematical power is familiar to most students of…
The Law of Sines (for any triangle) The Law of Cosines (for any…
A calculator designed to compute the power-added efficiency (PAE) of an amplifier
This is a schematic for a simple VCO: The oscillator is of the RC…
Associative Property In addition and multiplication, terms may be…
After applying some of the general troubleshooting tips to narrow the…
Inductors have the exact opposite characteristics of capacitors.…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
The most important component of your voltmeter will be the…
When the need arises to correct for poor power factor in an AC power…
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build an astable multivibrator (oscillator) circuit that provides an output in the audio frequency range and learn the effect of component values and supply voltage on oscillation frequency.
When capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance is…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a 3-bit down counter using J-K flip-flops and learn about asynchronous counter functionality.
Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, build a voltage follower amplifier using a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in common-collector configuration and learn about circuit ground and impedance transformations.
Contributors to this chapter are listed in chronological order of…
Often in the course of designing and building electrical meter…
Pure semiconductors are relatively good insulators as compared with…
This calculator will solve for either distance, time, or speed given two of the three parameters.
Explain how an ohmmeter is able to measure the resistance of a…
With the notable exception of calculations for power (P), all AC…
The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
If the ends of a wire loop are attached to two half-circular metal…
Convert to and from different units of length, weight, power, temperature and torque
Limitations of Electromechanical Relays As versatile as…
In addition to forward voltage drop (Vf) and peak inverse voltage…
In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will use potentiometers to vary a voltage and learn about voltage divider ratios and potentiometer applications.
